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Queries & Communiques for January 15 2009
* For the upcoming Layoff Issue: How did you find out you were laid off from a nonprofit? Tell us your bad and good stories by clicking here.* Have you had an experience with Charity Navigator, Great Nonprofits, Charity Watch, or other online rating se …
Letter From the Editor
Welcome to this special YNPN Edition of Blue Avocado! We’ve partnered with our friends over at the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network to deliver you a special edition of Blue Avocado featuring young, insightful writers from around the country. …
Yes We Are Lazy Idiots . . . Editor’s Notes issue #53
The most listened-to radio show in America got it wrong again last week. Conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh said about nonprofit staff: “Bunch of lazy idiots. Many of them don’t want to really work. Nonprofits siphon contributions . . . these …
Take a 3-Minute Vacation Right Now…Paintings of Fritz Scholder
Be on the alert for paint spilling out through your monitor as you enjoy the paintings of Fritz Scholder, now on display at the National Museum of the American Indian. If you were standing in either of the New York or Washington, DC, galleries where th …
Twelve Blue Avocados for Christmas 12/15/08
Thank you, 50,000 Blue Avocado subscribers, for making our launch year so terrific.As you know, our mission is to support community nonprofit staff, volunteers and board members, and to change the nonprofit sector’s self-image. Our sector is not one …
Fun with a Stick Figure!
Did you ever wish you were Harold with the magic Purple Crayon, where everything you draw comes to life? Have a near-Harold experience with Draw a Stickman, and see a special message at the end: click here to play.
Sidebar: More on the Old and New Versions of 990 Online Software
The current version of 990 Online walks the preparer through the Form and schedules in a sequential way, in contrast to the questionnaire-type interface typical of consumer tax preparation software such as Turbo Tax®. As a past tax professiona …
Luminosity . . . editor notes issue #67
Wow! The last special issue of Blue Avocado had more than 1,000 people sign up for free webinars, dozens of folks using the discount on Exceed fundraising software, and many taking advantage of big discounts for IdeaEncore and The Nonprofit Quarterly. …
Blue Ribbon Nominating Committee That Meets Once
Tested with great success in dozens and dozens of nonprofits, this technique will help you reach out beyond your usual circles and find new board members
Take a 3-Minute Vacation to a Peter & Gordon Concert
Aren’t we all ready for a break from Michael Jackson? Peter and Gordon weren’t anybody’s #1 group, but it was always good to hear their songs come up on the radio. Gordon Waller died last month (July 2009), and reader Karen Aitchison sends us to …
